I am a Co-Founder of Enmasse and head system design, product, and data initiatives. My aim is to bring out at scale the economic vibrancy of Entrepreneurial Households™, on their behalf. Read all about this EPIC Opportunity™ at https://enmasse.worldOver the last 25 years I have been deeply involved in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, both as an operator building and growing multiple start-ups, as well as a venture capital and angel investor in the global tech space.Prior to Enmasse, I was Co-founder at Adori Labs where I helped create patented technology that transforms audio to deliver interactive experiences and real-time engagement. This eventually grew into an AI driven end-to-end new media experience platform that handled publishing, distribution, and analytics.In 2005, I established Zephyr Peacock India, a venture capital fund that focused on emerging Indian enterprises, supporting rapidly growing small businesses across multiple sectors. Previously I was part of the investment teams at Ventureast TeNet, a first of its kind incubation VC fund that focused on technology solutions for rural India, and at Toucan Capital a US based seed stage fund that commercialised deep tech.I began my career as a data engineer/MTS at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory analysing and visualising the Solar System, primarily through the Galileo Mission to Jupiter.In the late 90s, I took my first step as an entrepreneur founding one of the earliest internet driven transaction processing companies in India focused on family businesses.I paused my PhD journey in Applied Math & Computer Science, and graduated with a Masters in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, focusing on Information Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction. I have Bachelor degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Drake University. I graduated from The School, KFI in Chennai (aka Madras).I passionately explore space, cinema, architecture, and cuisine, and am moderately active on Twitter @kartikparija mostly sharing my amateur attempts at photography.